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Sensoria

Thu. 2 October 2025 — Sun. 5 October 2025

Factory Floor live soundtrack to Metropolis at Magna, Sensoria 2017

A festival named after a track by Sheffield synth pioneers Cabaret Voltaire? You know you’re onto a winner with Sensoria right away.

Sensoria is Sheffield's festival of film and music. Since it started out in 2008, Sensoria has projected films in places we’d never have thought would make for cinemas – The Big Blue at Hathersage lido, Threads on the hill above Sheffield station, Metropolis with a live soundtrack by Factory Floor in a steel mill turned museum. It's staged bands and installations in buildings we'd thought were beyond use. And Sensoria isn’t just skilled at location scouting; it's hosted some of the most memorable music of recent years in Sheffield, bringing to town the likes of Laurie Anderson, Bo Ningen, Michael Rother, John Grant and more.

Come back soon for details of the Sensoria 2025 programme.

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Sat. 24 May 2025

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Finale: Mozart, Beethoven & Elgar

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Sinners

Tue. 29 April 2025 — Thu. 8 May 2025

Looking to start over and leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers Smoke and Stack return to their hometown – to discover a horrifying evil has arrived. A powerful, brilliantly-executed story that subverts genres, from director Ryan Coogler.

Battle Royale – 25th Anniversary screening

Thu. 22 May 2025

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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the one and only, Battle Royale. Presented by Reel Spirit – a collaboration between the Spirit of Independence Film Festival and Reel Steel.